04058nam 2200637 a 450 991081131260332120240404152731.01-282-76358-X9786612763588981-4299-05-7(CKB)2490000000001740(DLC)2010278371(StDuBDS)AH24686544(SSID)ssj0000431476(PQKBManifestationID)11306535(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431476(PQKBWorkID)10476037(PQKB)10807138(MiAaPQ)EBC1681438(WSP)00000707(Au-PeEL)EBL1681438(CaPaEBR)ebr10422336(CaONFJC)MIL276358(OCoLC)681584842(EXLCZ)99249000000000174020100415d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrWorldviews, science, and us studies of analytical metaphysics : a selection of topics from a methodological perspective /editors, Robrecht Vanderbeeken, Bart D'HoogheHackensack, N.J. World Scientificc20101 online resource (vi, 241 p.)"Ghent, Belgium, 2-3 June 2005.""This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium."--P. [4] of cover.981-4295-81-7 Includes bibliographical references.Worldviews, science and us : studies of analytical metaphysics. A selection of topics from a methodological perspective / Robrecht Vanderbeeken and Bart D'Hooghe -- Introduction : contemporary analytic metaphysics, its crisis and challenge / Robrecht Vanderbeeken -- Holism and structural realism / Michael Esfeld and Vincent Lam -- Common sense, relativity and theories of time / Phil Dowe -- Purely dispositional worlds / Sungho Choi -- Natural kinds - what are they? / Joanna Odrowa�z-Sypniewska -- Personal identity, conceptual analysis and no-fault disagreement / Caroline West -- A world of tropes? / Anna-Sofia Maurin -- Causal pluralism / Stathis Psillos -- Why social emergence? Discussing the use of analytical metaphysics in social theory / Jeroen Van Bouwel -- Counterfactuals, causation and humean supervenience / Paul Noordhof -- Disentangling causal pluralism / Leen de Vreese -- Mathematical entities / Lieven Decock.This volume brings together the lectures presented at the 5th Metaphysics of Science Workshop held from June 2 to 3, 2005, in Ghent, Belgium. The aim of this volume is twofold. First, it fields a selection of ongoing discussions on a central topic in contemporary analytical metaphysics. Authors were asked to encapsulate their lecture topic into a pr�ecis, highlighting the contesting views, accentuating the pro and contra of the main arguments, and shedding light on the origin, the evolution and the eventual offspring of a respective discussion. Second, this volume addresses the methodological question by examining what can be learned if we compare these discussions from a methodological perspective. What are the red herrings and shortcomings? Is an integrated methodology possible? Does each discussion finally await a pluralism of plausible positions or will an overall convincing account be expected? And finally, can analytical metaphysics methodologically assert and investigate their basic assumptions, if not from a common sense stance?Analysis (Philosophy)CongressesMetaphysicsCongressesPhilosophy and scienceCongressesAnalysis (Philosophy)MetaphysicsPhilosophy and science110Vanderbeeken Robrecht1668035D'Hooghe Bart1660609MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811312603321Worldviews, science, and us4028324UNINA